MOBILE, Ala. — The University of South Alabama men's tennis team defeated the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers, 4-1 on the Bruce David Lubel Memorial Tennis Courts on Sunday afternoon. 

The Jags began the match by taking the doubles point for the second consecutive match. Loic Cloes and Santiago Di Loreto defeated their opponents on court two and Sacha Modica and Sam Serrano secured the point for the Jags with a 6-4 win on court one. 

South Alabama started right where it left off yesterday with some straight set wins to get things going on the singles side. Maxime Lapraille and Cloes defeated their foes in straight sets to put the Jags up 3-0. After Louis Delcour fell on court five, Serrano closed out his match with a 6-2 win in the second set to seal the win for the Jags. 

South Alabama improves to 12-5 on the season and finished out the first weekend of Sun Belt Play with a 2-0 record. 

DOUBLES
1. Sacha Modica/Sam Serrano (USA) def. Talic, Zak/Popov, Joel (CCU) 6-4. 
2. Loic Cloes/Santiago Di Loreto (USA) def. Perrin, Lawrence/Cori, Francesco (CCU) 6-3. 
3. Maxime Lapraille/Louis Delcour (USA) vs. Faria, Luiz/Tanabe, Daiki (CCU) 4-5, unfinished.
Order of Finish: (2,1)

SINGLES
1. Sacha Modica (USA) vs. Faria, Luiz (CCU) 6-4, 3-3, unfinished 
2. Loic Cloes (USA) def. Talic, Zak (CCU) 6-4, 6-3
3. Sam Serrano (USA) def. Popov, Joel (CCU) 6-3, 6-2
4. Maxime Lapraille (USA) def. Hyrkkonen, Pyry (CCU) 6-3, 6-0. 
5. Achondo, Gonzalo (CCU) def. Louis Delcour (USA) 6-2, 7-5 
6. Santiago Di Loreto (USA) vs. Tanabe, Daiki (CCU) 6-3, 4-5, unfinished
Order of Finish: (4,2,5,3)

NOTES
This was the first match between South Alabama and Coastal Carolina in Sun Belt play. 

UP NEXT
South Alabama remains at home for a pair of weekend matches slated for March 30 and March 31. The Jags will take on Georgia Southern and Georgia State at the Bruce David Lubel Memorial Tennis Courts. Both matches are scheduled for 10 a.m. 

QUOTES
Head Coach Nick Brochu
"Really happy the way the guys responded this weekend. We always get excited when we face a team like Georgia State, because we usually meet them in the conference tournament, but I told the guys to play every conference match like that. That's what we did this weekend. We played great doubles, we've been working very hard on that so the guys responded well. Best thing about doubles this weekend is we got off to a quick start, and that's what we need. We just kept it and I'd say this weekend. we won two dominant doubles points. That gives us a lot of momentum heading into singles."

"Singles, we had everyone fighting really hard. Guys were playing aggressive at times when that was needed. We played very solid. Even when we were up on the scoreboard we stayed focused and grind out every single point. This was the first weekend of conference play and we have to get ready for next weekend. That's a big one, were going to be at home again. Really enjoy the support from the crowd. Great weekend for us, Coastal is a team that is getting better every year, well coached." 

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